Sequencing and scheduling appointments with potential call-in patients

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1522-1538

  Chen, Rachel R ^a   Robinson, Lawrence W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS   (United States)

^b SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

appointment scheduling; healthcare; no shows; same day patients; sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908136556     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/poms.12168     Document Type: Article

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